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unitedfan6191 t1_jd8py8e wrote

Gregory House.

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TiredMisanthrope t1_jdbccdx wrote

He wasn’t a psychopath at all, he was miserable. He was an asshole yeah but that’s different.

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unitedfan6191 t1_jdbjvk8 wrote

Actually, according to healthline.com, the signs of “psychopathy” are:

  1. Inability to distinguish between right and wrong

  2. Lack of empathy and remorse

  3. Behavior that conflicts with social norms

  4. Manipulating and hurting others

  5. Disregard for safety and responsibility

  6. Disregarding or violating the rights of others

  7. Tendency to lie often

  8. Recurring problems with the law

  9. Expressing anger and arrogance on a regular basis

House pretty much was and did all these things at some point/regularly on the show.

https://www.healthline.com/health/psychopath#signs

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TiredMisanthrope t1_jdbmv9a wrote

He displayed them at times yes, but there are behaviours of his that contradict those. He is able to distinguish right from wrong, he is just miserable and doesn’t give a shit most of the time. He showed empathy when Amber died, when Wilson was sick, when he was with Cuddy, when he was with Stacey and cared for his mother but not his father.

He suffered for years with that pain and became an ass and an addict.

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EngineeringOk3975 OP t1_jd8sgmt wrote

The doctor guy?

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unitedfan6191 t1_jd9lp1j wrote

Yes.

I mean, to elaborate:

  1. He avoided interacting with people as much as he could and it was a major part of his character to generally avoid talking to patients unless it was absolutely necessary. If that was the extent of it, it would be fine as some people are introverted, but he savagely insults and humiliates people when he does interact.

  2. He had a lack of empathy and was willing to put people through immense amounts of suffering (including willingly trying to forge and coerce patient signatures for extremely risky experimental procedures) if it meant the puzzle was solved at the end (ends justify the means).

  3. He was willing to potentially ruin his colleagues’ lives by threatening to discredit them when they attempt to find new employment elsewhere in the medical field when they overly questioned his methods when they believed he went too far and threatened to quit.

  4. He drove a car into Cuddy’s house. Not to mention his prank around this time also nearly destroyed the hospital and he would have had to serve another prison sentence (a far longer one) and the main reason he faked his death was to avoid this prison sentence.

  5. He snooped in on his colleagues’ personal lives constantly even during extremely inappropriate moments when family members died and therefore refused to respect boundaries.

I’m not necessarily calling him a psychopath because he made mistakes and there are reasons for his behavior, but I think he could plausibly fit the definition.

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[deleted] t1_jd9swju wrote

> If that was the extent of it, it would be fine as some people are introverted, but he savagely insults and humiliates people when he does interact.

To be fair, usually, he'd only mock the dumb or unscrupulous ones. There were many clips, especially early on, where he was perfectly fine toward people who legitimately needed help. He had no patience for fools, but wasn't malicious.

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